---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the legislative branch of state government; to amend and reenact sections 48-08-04, 54-03-10, 54-03-20, and 54-35-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to use of legislative rooms and halls and legislative compensation; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to provide for a report; to provide an exemption; and to provide for application, transfer, and cancellation of unexpended appropriations."
description: "Relating to use of legislative rooms and halls and legislative compensation; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to provide for a report; to provide an exemption; and to provide for application, transfer, and cancellation of unexpended appropriations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "SB 2001"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2001 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea9ecc59-e580-4f6f-9fc5-4c79108f980b"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "0dbc0e7d2f77f8ae57dce6821154bd4417278c6539b1e757b6c4f988fd97e4d0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nd"]
---

# North Dakota SB 2001 (69) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the legislative branch of state government; to amend and reenact sections 48-08-04, 54-03-10, 54-03-20, and 54-35-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to use of legislative rooms and halls and legislative compensation; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to provide for a report; to provide an exemption; and to provide for application, transfer, and cancellation of unexpended appropriations.

Relating to use of legislative rooms and halls and legislative compensation; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to provide for a report; to provide an exemption; and to provide for application, transfer, and cancellation of unexpended appropriations.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0168-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0168-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0168-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0168-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2001 — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2001 — **44–3** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2001 — **62–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-20** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-02-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 3, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-21** Received from Senate
- **2025-02-25** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-06** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2025-03-19** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2025-03-26** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-04-11** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 22 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-15** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 62 nays 29 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Emergency clause failed
- **2025-04-15** Returned to Senate (12)
- **2025-04-17** Refused to concur
- **2025-04-17** Conference committee appointed Sickler Dwyer Wanzek
- **2025-04-21** Conference committee appointed Meier Kempenich Pyle
- **2025-04-22** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accept) `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-22** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22** Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accept) `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-29** Signed by President
- **2025-04-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-17** Signed by Governor, but item veto 05/19 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-11** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/19 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea9ecc59-e580-4f6f-9fc5-4c79108f980b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).